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297 records · 10/13

山口県 · Regional selections

赤間神宮

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A shrine to Emperor Antoku, who drowned at Dannoura, with a vermilion water gate modelled on the palace of the sea dragon.

山口県 · Regional selections

Special Viewing of Rurikoji Temple Five-Story Pagoda

山口県山口・防府

The national-treasure pagoda raised in 1442 in memory of Yoshihiro Ouchi. Only during the special viewing may you stand on its veranda.

山口県 · Regional selections

Susa Hornfels

山口県萩・長門

A shore in Kita-Nagato Kaigan Quasi-National Park. About 15 million years ago magma entered sand and mud strata, and its heat made the banded rock.

山口県 · Regional selections

防府天満宮

山口県山口・防府

Of the roughly 12,000 shrines to Sugawara no Michizane in Japan, this is held to be the first built.

山口県 · Regional selections

Shimonoseki City Shimonoseki Aquarium "Kaikyokan"

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

The aquarium of Shimonoseki, with a display of pufferfish and a great tank recreating the currents of the Kanmon Strait.

山口県 · Regional selections

Akiyoshido Mikokai Area Cave-in

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A caving trip into the closed sections of Akiyoshido, going by hand-held light where there is neither lighting nor footing.

山口県 · Regional selections

Kanmon Bridge

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A 1,068-metre suspension bridge joining Honshu with Kyushu. When it opened in 1973 it was the longest in the East.

山口県 · Regional selections

Shuho Pear Farm Shop

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A shop for the pears grown at the foot of Akiyoshidai, selling only fruit that meets the sugar standard.

山口県 · Regional selections

Ryugu-no-Shiobuki

山口県萩・長門

A shore at Yuya in Nagato. Waves enter a hole below the cliff and the compressed seawater blows high into the air.

山口県 · Regional selections

Kiwa La Beach

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A swimming beach at Hohoku in Shimonoseki, shallow and open through the summer.

山口県 · Regional selections

Jokamachi Chofu

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

The castle town at Chofu in Shimonoseki, with Furue-Shoji lane running between Edo-period earthen walls and stone.

山口県 · Regional selections

Akiyoshidai Safari Land

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

The only safari park in the Chugoku and Shikoku regions, driven through in your own car.

山口県 · Regional selections

SL Yamaguchi-go

山口県山口・防府

A steam train between Shin-Yamaguchi and Tsuwano, running on dates set each year.

山口県 · Regional selections

Iwakuni Castle

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

A keep pulled down under the one-castle-per-province law and later rebuilt, looking down from the summit on the Kintaikyo bridge and the town.

山口県 · Regional selections

Shimonoseki Open-Top Bus: Tsunoshima and Kanmon Straits Routes

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

An open-top double-decker bus around Shimonoseki, on a route to Tsunoshima and one around the Kanmon Strait.

山口県 · Regional selections

Kaijo Yuhodo (Promenade)

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

A walkway laid along the shore south of Hanaguri beach in Shimonoseki.

山口県 · Regional selections

Iwakuni Shirohebi Shrine

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

A shrine to the white snake that lives only in part of Iwakuni, a national natural monument.

山口県 · Regional selections

Chomonkyo

山口県山口・防府

A gorge cut by the Abu River, a signature scenic site of the prefecture, with strange rocks and rapids along its path.

山口県 · Regional selections

Fukutoku Inari Shrine

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A shrine at Toyoura in Shimonoseki, old enough to appear in classical verse, with torii in a line toward the sea.

山口県 · Regional selections

Yanai White-Wall Townscape

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

A townscape in Yanai, Edo merchant houses along 200 metres of stone paving, with goldfish lanterns swaying at the eaves.

山口県 · Regional selections

松下村塾

山口県萩・長門

The private school run by Shoin Yoshida, begun by his uncle Bunnoshin Tamaki at his own house. A World Heritage site.

山口県 · Regional selections

Mori-shi Teien / Mori Museum

山口県山口・防府

A garden and museum in Hofu, a national scenic site laid out with an artificial island and bridges.

山口県 · Regional selections

Senjoshiki

山口県萩・長門

Grassland at 333 metres, looking down on the islands in the Sea of Japan.

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Tsunoshima Lighthouse and Tsunoshima Lighthouse Park

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A lighthouse at the northwest tip of Tsunoshima, first lit in 1876 and still working. You can climb inside.